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Washington, July 17 : Making a push for immigration reforms, a key priority of his second term agenda, President Barack Obama has said a bill without a path to citizenship for illegal residents "does not make sense."

"It does not make sense to me, if we're gonna make this once-in-a-generation effort to finally fix the system, to leave the status of 11 million people or so unresolved," Obama said in an interview with the Spanish-language network Telemundo's Denver, Colorado, affiliate.

Los Angeles, July 17 : Some are okay with long flights, while others face vertigo during long hours of flying. simple precautions like intake of water and Vitamin C can help people overcome air sickness during long haul flights.

Here are five simple ways to fly safely and in a healthy condition, reports femalefirst. co. uk.

Eat raw food: Your body retains more water and suffers less from dehydration if you pack it with live, raw nutrients. Usually take a snack and a meal for a four hour period and double it for longer journeys.

New Delhi, July 17 : Finance minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said the government will achieve its budgeted revenue target for the current financial year.

"In 2012-13, we achieved 21 percent increase over the previous year's collection. With economy expected to grow certainly higher than 5 percent, I think with growth close to 6 percent, we should be able to collect 19 percent more than last year," he said.

The finance minister was inaugurating the 28th conference of chief commissioners and director generals of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).

Los Angeles, July 17 : Actor Robert Downey Jr. has topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's highest paid actor after earning about $75 million.

The 48-year-old actor earned an estimated $75 million from June 2012 to June 2013, reports femalefirst. co. uk.

Downey Jr. has beaten actors Channing Tatum and Hugh Jackman in the run.

Tatum, who is at the second position, made $60 million and Jackman, third on the list, made $55 million in the year.

Actor Mark Wahlberg, 42, who earned $52 million, is listed at the fouth position.

South Korea-based steel giant Posco on Tuesday confirmed that it has ditched plans to build a $5.3 billion (£3.5bn) steel plant in India’s southwest state of Karnataka.

Posco announced in a statement that it decided to ditch the project due to delays in securing required mining rights, land and infrastructure and opposition by local people.

Confirming the decision, the company said, “We have agreed to drop the project given a delay in (acquiring mining rights) and opposition by local people."

A panel of ministers is mulling over a plan to divert natural gas away from fertilizer producers to electricity plants to boost power production, Oil Minister Veerappa Moily revealed on Tuesday.

Various state of the India are suffering massive shortages of power as power projects worth more than $21 billion have been stalled by the lack of fuel.